Valero Renewable Fuels, LLC d/b/a Valero Bluffton Plant
47
estimated deaths a year
That's one death for every 8 days of its pollution.
From 1.0 air pollution, under 0.1 toxic chemicals, 46 climate change.
$61Min damage a yearplus $20M–$60M to pull its CO2 back out of the air
4.4new asthma cases a year
1.8ER visits and hospital stays a year
30,000lbs of toxic chemicals released15,000 lbs of them cause cancer
200,000tons of greenhouse gases a yearas much as 47,000 cars
$64Kin fines over 5 yearsout of compliance 5 of the last 12 quarters
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Estimates for one year of pollution (2023), in 2024 dollars: model estimates from EPA data and published methods, not counted deaths. Deaths could be 0.5 to 140. How we estimate